Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phyllogenous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phyl-loge-nous
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Living or growing on leaves.

Example Sentences

"Several of the xylogenous species appear to be of the same nature. The phyllogenous forms seem to be of a different character, but we are not concerned with them here."

Etymology

From phyllo- + -genous.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: phyllo
Suffix: genous

Questions

What does phyllogenous mean?: Living or growing on leaves.
Where does phyllogenous come from?: From phyllo- + -genous.

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